Umbrella-tag.



No. 779,409. PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905.

. H. GAIN.

UMBRELLA TAG. APPLICATION FILED min 11, 1904.

Witnesses: il Q27] 5G2 inventor,

Attorneys Patented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY GAIN, OF lWIAGOG CANADA.

UMBRELLA-TAG- SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,409, dated January 10, 1905.

Application filed May 11, 1904. Serial No. 207,410.

To rtl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY CAIN, asubject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Magog, county of Stanstead, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella-Tags; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful devices adapted to be attached to a convenient part of an umbrella-frame to serve the purpose of an identification-tag adapted to have carved, marked, or engraved thereon a name, number, or other identifying means whereby the owner of the umbrella will be enabled to identify the same when required.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which may be connected with one of the umbrella-ribs in an expeditious manner and which when so placed will remain firmly locked in position against surreptitious removal.

In the annexed drawings similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, wherein Figure 1 is a partial elevational view of an umbrella-frame carrying my identificationtag. Fig. 2 is a detached view illustrating the tag and a portion of the frame looking from without the frame. Fig. 3 is a similar view looking from the interior, as when the umbrella is raised to the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the device attached to a rod of an umbrella-frame, and Fig. 5 is a detached perspective illustrating the locking means for securing the identification-tag in position.

Referring to the parts, 1 is the rod of an umbrella, on which is supported the usual frame. 2 represents the ribs.

3 is a head portion of my identification-tag,

having a base provided with a perforation centrally thereof within the base of such head, within which perforation may be projected the locking member 4. The head 3 is provided with the face 5, (best shown in Fig. 3,) upon which may be stamped, marked, or engraved the name of the owner of the umbrella, as shown in such Fig. 3.

The locking means for the head 3 is as follows:. A lhirnble 4, provided with the longitudinally-disposed slot 6, is provided, which thimble also has the substantially circumferential bead 7 and the laterally-projecting circumferential flange 8, the flange 8 being adapted to interlock with a beveled recess 9 of the head 3, while a rubber or other compressible or resilient material 10 is placed within the thimble 4, as shown in the sectional view, Fig. 4. It will be noted that the slot 6 is longer than the resilient filler 10, so that there is left above the bead 7 an opening comprising a portion of the slot 6, through which the rib 2 may extend, as shown.

In practice the head portion 3 is formed, as shown, either of sheet metal or of any other suitable material and provided with a central orifice for the locking-thimble 4. The thimble 4 is slipped over a rib, as 2, after which the filler 10 is placed within such thimble and carried into contact with the rib 2, after which the head 3 may be forced over the projecting flared end portion of such thimble, when it will be obvious that the flange 8 will interlock with the annular recess 9 within the head 3,

and thereby lock the parts 3 and 4 firmly together and upon the umbrella-rib 2, and owing to the construction and proportion of the parts referred to the members 3 and 4 will be so looked upon the rib that the structure must necessarily be destroyed to a greater or less extent before it can be removed, thus providing a practically permanent name-plate or identification-tag for the umbrella.

While I have shown in the accompanying drawings the preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise form shown, for many of the details may be changed in form or position without affecting the operativeness or utility of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such modifications as are included within the scope of the following claims or of mechanical equivalents to the structures set forth.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. In a device of the character described, head portion provided With a name-plate at one side thereof, and a socket at the opposite side thereof, in combination With a slotted locking member having a lateral projection, and a resilient filling in said locking member. 2. In a device of the character described, a head portion provided With a surface adapted to serve as a name-plate, and With a substantially central socket opposite thereto, in combination With a locking member having a slot therein, and a resilient filling Within said locking member, said filling being of less length than the length of said slot.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY CAIN. Witnesses:

ADAM LEES, IRA WHITNEY. 

